FBI says it “hacked the hackers” of a ransomware service, saving victims $130 million

/ The US Justice Department says it had access to the network since last July, obtaining and passing decryption keys to victims before they paid the attackers. Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge The Department of Justice announced this week that FBI agents successfully disrupted Hive, a notorious ransomware group, and prevented $130 million worth of ransom campaigns that targets no longer need to consider paying. While claiming the Hive group has been responsible for targeting over 1,500 victims in over 80 countries worldwide, the department now reveals it had infiltrated the group’s network for months before working